Re: RFC: X.Org X11 modularization project - rpm package driver naming

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On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 15:49 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 27.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb seth vidal:
> > > Both yum (in its overview before the Transaction Summary and in some
> > > other places) and rpm (when used with "-ivh" ) have problems with names
> > > longer then ~23 characters (in yum the columns don't match in the
> > > overview; during the download the name is striped after ~18 chars; in
> > > the install-overview it is striped after around 30 chars. In rpm the
> > > name is striped after ~23). 
> > 
> > just so you know - it's not a problem. it's not an oversight. We're
> > intentionally truncating the output of the package name. Mostly to stay
> > within an 80 character limit.
> 
> just so you know -- that was sure (at least to me -- yes, I should have
> mentioned that here) :)
> 
> Sorry if that sounded like criticism on yum. I like it very much.

I wasn't worried about criticism on yum - I get plenty of that - I just
didn't want to see a bug opened by some well-intentioned person based on
it. :)

-sv


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